Christine Haynes Paquette Bag

Buy the Paquette Bag sewing pattern from Christine Haynes. The Paquette Bag is a minimal and modern cross body bag. The clean lines have zero bells and whistles, giving you only what you need: a perfect medium sized, fully lined bag with a zipper closure. The Paquette gets its volume from four darts at the front and four darts at the back. The strap is attached with O-rings and swivel hooks, so you can make multiple straps and swap them out based on your outfit styling.

Sewing level: Confident beginner

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Suggested fabrics: 

Outer: Medium and heavy weight woven fabrics like cotton, linen, denim, wool, corduroy, canvas, upholstery fabric. Non-woven materials like leather, vinyl, or treated fabrics can also be used. When selecting fabric, keep in mind what your sewing machine is capable of sewing through, as many steps will be quite thick.

Lining: Lightweight and medium weight wovens, such as linen, lawn, quilt weight, bemberg rayon, silk, and shirting.

Interfacing: Medium weight fusible interfacing. If using a heavy weight outer fabric, or fabric with a treatment like waxing, interfacing can be omitted.

Fabric requirements: Extra fabric may be required for nap, one-way design, shading, matching design, or shrinkage.

Outer: 42" (112 cm) wide fabric: 3/4 yd (0.7 m) // 58" (147 cm) wide fabric: 1/2 yd (0.5 m).

Lining: 42" (112 cm) wide fabric: 3/4 yd (0.7 m) // 58" (147 cm) wide fabric: 3/4 yd (0.7 m).

Interfacing: 20" (51 cm) wide interfacing: 1 3/4 yd (1.6 m) // 42" (112 cm) wide interfacing: 1 yd (0.9 m).

Sizing: Finished measurements: 8" tall x 13" wide (20 cm x 33 cm).

Notions: One 11" #4.5 zipper (should be approx. 1" wide); two 1" O-rings; two 1" swivel clasps; one 1" strap slider // Optional: leather for the zipper pull.

Note: If choosing to use webbing or leather in place of a self-made strap, you will need 52" of your chosen strap (more if also using for strap holder pieces). Your webbing or leather can be 1 1/2" instead of 1", but the corresponding hardware (swivel clasps and strap slider) will need to be 1 1/2" instead of 1".

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; US letter/A4 print-at-home pattern (10 pages); US copy shop pattern (36" x 18"); A0 copy shop pattern (1 sheet) // Layers: No // Projector file: No.

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